Toolkit

The 2012 Oregon Legislative Session is underway!

Make sure your representative and senator know that you support complete streets that are:

Safe for walking to school

Safe and convenient for commuting by bicycle

Accessible and comfortable for senior citizens and people with disabilities to take TriMet

With a large budget deficit and a struggling economy, active transportation projects and funding will be an easy target for cuts. Now is a great time to get in touch with your legislators in Salem and let them know that active transportation funding, infrastructure and equity are important to their constituents back home. When you call, make it a point to specifically and directly ask them to support active transportation.

Education materials

Invest in Bikes 2-sheet – Ever encounter someone who doesn’t believe investing in bike infrastructure is a smart public investment? Here are dozens of reasons to support bike investments, even if you never plan to ride a bike. Use this sheet to help educate the unconvinced on the many, many benefits we all receive when we invest in bikeways.

Other resources

Who We Are

AROW is a community of advocates, activists, and professionals dedicated to safe, equitable and responsible use of the public right of way in Portland, Oregon.

AROW volunteers organize education, advocacy, and action campaigns to demonstrate public support for walking, biking, and transit improvements.

Interested in the future of Portland's active transportation and transit network? Join our email list. We are creating a space where ideas are shared and strategies developed to help make Portland become the best place in the world to get around without a car. Please consider adding your talents to our collective efforts.

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Portland Hotlines

The City of Portland makes improvements and changes based on a complaint-driven process. That means it is up to Portland citizens to identify and request changes in locations where we travel. One person with one request can have a dramatic impact. Write a post on the AROW list if you need support on a particular issue.